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Anthony, Garnett Make Peace After Tiff On Court

January 08, 2013

Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks and Kevin Garnett of the Celtics were given technical fouls in the fourth quarter Monday night in a Boston win. It did not end on the court. Anthony approached the Celtics' locker room, then the team bus, but nothing much happened. All that bad blood and Boston's Rajon Rondo wasn't even in the game; he was serving a one-game suspension. Carmelo was upset at what KG said to him on the court but apparently they worked things out Tuesday by phone. Imagine that: they didn't even get into a Twitter war. ... Results of voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame were out at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are on the ballot for the first time. Xavier/UHart alum Jeff Bagwell is on the ballot for the third time. He got 56 percent of the vote last year (75 percent gets you in). Bagwell got 41.7 percent his first year. ... Think spring: Dustin Johnson opened the PGA Tour season with a victory at the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on Tuesday.

Alabama QB AJ McCarron had a great game vs. the Irish, but his girlfriend, Katherine Webb, a former Miss Alabama who went to rival Auburn, became an overnight sensation. By Tuesday morning she had 128,472 followers on Twitter after ESPN showed her a few times during the game. ... Irish coach Brian Kelly, who graduated from Assumption, started an endowed scholarship in 2012 at the Worcester college supporting football players. ... TV ratings were up 14 percent for the game as opposed to last year, but how many were watching in the fourth quarter or even after 'Bama scored early in the third quarter to make it 35-0?

Former University of New Haven football coach Tony Sparano is out as Jets offensive coordinator after the team was 30th in the NFL in total offense. Not saying he wasn't part of the problem, but they need a quarterback ... Patriots QB Tom Brady (16-6, .727) has the third-best postseason winning percentage behind Terry Bradshaw (.737) and Troy Aikman (.733). ... On Sunday the Patriots play the Texans, whom the Patriots destroyed already this season, and Globe columnist Dan Shaugnessy wrote this: "The 2012-13 New England Patriots just became the first team in NFL history to get back-to-back byes before advancing to the conference championship game." ... The RG3 knee debate goes on and on. Should the Skins QB have been in the game as long as he was? It says no here; he clearly was hurting and not himself. ... In case you are wondering who has the Super Bowl, it's CBS with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms calling the 6:30 game.

The BCS national championship game came up big for UConn's Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund, which received $80,120 from the host, the Orange Bowl committee. The figure represented $1 for every fan at the game. ... Alabama QB AJ McCarron had a great game vs. the Irish, but his girlfriend, Katherine Webb, a former Miss Alabama who went to rival Auburn, became an overnight sensation. By Tuesday morning she had 128,472 followers on Twitter after ESPN showed her a few times during the game. ... Irish coach Brian Kelly, who graduated from Assumption, started an endowed scholarship at the Worcester college supporting football players in 2012. ... TV ratings were up 14 percent for the game as opposed to last year but how many were watching in the fourth quarter or even after Bama scored early in the third quarter to make it 35-0?

Results of voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame are out at 2 p.m. Wednesday: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are on the ballot for the first time. Xavier/UHart alum Jeff Bagwell is on the ballot for the third time He got 56 percent of the vote last year (75 perent gets you in). Bagwell got 41.7 perent his first year. ... Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks and Kevin Garnett of the Celtics were given technical fouls in the fourth quarter Monday night in a Boston win. it did not end on the court. Anthony approached the Celtics' locker room, then the team bus, but nothing much happened. All that bad blood and Boston's Rajon Rondo wasn't even in the game, serving a one-game suspension. ...

Former University of New Haven football coach Tony Sparano is out as Jets offensive coordinator after the team was 30th in the NFL in total offense. Not saying he wasn't part of the problem, but they need a quarterback ... Patriots QB Tom Brady (16-6, .727) has the third-best postseason winning percentage behind Terry Bradshaw (.737) and Troy Aikman (.733). ... On Sunday the Patriots play the Texans, whom the Patriots destroyed already this season, and Globe columnist Dan Shaugnessy wrote this: "The 2012-13 New England Patriots just became the first team in NFL history to get back-to-back byes before advancing to the conference championship game." Ouch! ... The RG3 Knee debate goes on and on. Should the Skins QB have been in the game as long as he was? It says no here; he clearly was hurting and not himself. ... In case you are wondering who has the Super Bowl, it's CBS with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms calling the 6:30 game.